FX-4150: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 2.15% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started FX-4150 sales 23 October 2012. This is a Zambezi architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4000 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
General info
FX-4150 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 1742 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 2.47 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Zambezi (2011−2012) | |
| Release date | 23 October 2012 (11 years ago) | |
| Current price | $90 | of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on FX-4150 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | AM3+ | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by FX-4150. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by FX-4150's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of FX-4150. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Send your test results of FX-4150.
Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to FX-4150 is Core i7-880, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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